Given name & surname · also Germanic
Rocco
“one who is calm; restful”
Rocco is used as a given name and a surname. One Italian interpretation is “one who is calm; restful.”
Original ItalianRocchino
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Italian interpretation is “one who is calm; restful.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Germanic.
How it developed
The name draws on Germanic hrok, meaning “rest”.
The story
The name’s historical associations include a 14th-century saint, a Frenchman from Montpelier.
Rocco through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 31,684
- 31,679 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 785 babies
- 2025
- 679
- #459 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −2%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 679 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 459 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 2.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 785 in 2009. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (102). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 20,056 as a first name in 2020; 6,191 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Rocco’s family of names
In English usage, Rocco has a diminutive in Rocky. Rocco shares a linguistic root with Roque. Rocco has a related form in Rock.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Rocco has relatives in 12 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Germanic roots to each of them.
11 related names in 12 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 13
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Rocchinodiminutive · Italian
- Rockydiminutive · English
- Rockvariant · English
- Rockovariant
- Roquevariant · Spanish, Portuguese
- Rockievariant
- Rockivariant
- Rockevariant
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Across languages 8
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Rocco
- Rocco ButtiglioneItalian politicianborn 1948
- Rocco GranataItalian-Belgian singer and accordionistborn 1938
- Rocco ReitzGerman footballerborn 2002
- Rocco Robert SheinEstonian footballer (born 2003)
- Rocco PapaleoItalian actor, film director and singerborn 1958
- Rocco B. CommissoItalian and American businessman (1949–2026)
- Rocco Ríos NovoAmerican-Argentine soccer playerborn 2002
- Rocco ChinniciItalian magistrate murdered by the Mafia (1925–1983)
- Rocco GrimaldiAmerican ice hockey player (1993-)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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